On January 27, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that immediately barred people from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Sudan, Somalia, Libya and Yemen from entering the United States, and suspended any refugee resettlement for 120 days.

The stories of Alan Kurdi and Omran Daqneesh take two different paths. One story is the tragic death of a young toddler trying to escape war-torn Syria, and the second is the life of another child; spared from death, but left to endure horrific conditions, trapped in a country of violence and conflict.

The Khmer Rouge Tribunal, which is attempting to hold the remaining leaders of the Pol Pot regime accountable for implementing policies of rape as a consequence for refusing to consummate a forced marriage, has allowed witnesses to give testimony and possibly see justice for the crimes committed against them.